I think they keep missing off Europe when they go down their list of countries the XO needs to be reduced in.
PS4 is still officially £349.99 but you can get it without trouble nearer the £320 mark. Think the cheapest XO has gone down to is about £240.
ps3ud0 8)
Again... only in the UK. How about you drop that price in the rest of Europe MS?
They don't have to. PS4 is easily outselling the Xbox One in the UK.Great move. This will definitely get some number going for Microsoft.
Your move Sony. Let's get that price down!
It's been available for closer to £250 from major retailers for months.
Some of the highlights for discounts have been £219 preowned from Tesco, £235 from Simply Games, via Rakuten. £223.83 from Amazon Germany (including shipping to the UK), £260 with Forza 5 from GAME.
This isn't even getting in line with existing discounts. Hard to imagine many people have been holding out for a better price, but not noticed the many discounts to sub £300 prices that have already been available.
Edit: Even buying direct from Microsoft, the White Xbox One + Sunset Overdrive bundle has been available for £279 for ages.
Great move. This will definitely get some number going for Microsoft.
Your move Sony. Let's get that price down!
I feel like it's been this price for some time, but good on them for making it official I guess.
Might have been an idea to do it during the Easter break rather than just after though...
You have to hold some sort of record for exclamation marksJust wow! And Xbone didn't do shit with that prices!
Great move. This will definitely get some number going for Microsoft.
Your move Sony. Let's get that price down!
Great move. This will definitely get some number going for Microsoft.
Your move Sony. Let's get that price down!
so cringe"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul"
It's certainly not doing badly. If you follow the UK sales charts, you'll see Halo: MCC drop out of the charts and then come storming back once they start doing that bundle again. While it's still not doing as well as the PS4, looking at that shows it is still doing business.
You'd think but there have been bundles below £299 for months in the UK, numbers haven't increased that much. Maybe a cut on the high street will help.
Cheers, weirdly I looked at HUKD top gaming deals before I posted and couldn't find one for the PS4 so just hedged my bets on how cheap the PS4 could be found - I suspected it must be around £300.There was a £288 PS4 w/ Bloodborne at Gamestop for the past couple of weeks. Think the deal has expired now, but they're still available at that price with LBP3.
You have to hold some sort of record for exclamation marks
Again... only in the UK. How about you drop that price in the rest of Europe MS?
A great deal nevertheless.
With the deals for the XBone that retailers were pushing over Easter it wouldn't surprise me if it had been outselling the PS4 in that time and that was what actually drove MS to say "fuck it lets just drop to £299 anyways".
While Sony had some good bundle deals, I think casuals would be more likely to pick up an XBone for nearly £100 cheaper with known brands (Halo/FIFA) than The Order/Bloodborne.
Source?
iirc in January last year, there was a quote that PS4 outsold the Xbox One by 3:2, Xbox has maintained that ratio throughout, and JVM posted software sales this year that suggests it's just as close as it has been from the start.
With the deals for the XBone that retailers were pushing over Easter it wouldn't surprise me if it had been outselling the PS4 in that time and that was what actually drove MS to say "fuck it lets just drop to £299 anyways".
While Sony had some good bundle deals, I think casuals would be more likely to pick up an XBone for nearly £100 cheaper with known brands (Halo/FIFA) than The Order/Bloodborne.
JVM's software data.
iirc in January last year, there was a quote that PS4 outsold the Xbox One by 3:2, Xbox has maintained that ratio throughout, and JVM posted software sales this year that suggests it's just as close as it has been from the start.
But people have been able to pick up bundles with those games for months, before Christmas there were good bundles with FIFA and halo.
The draw of Bloodborne/the Order bundles is that they are new games in bundles which are available only now.
I highly doubt that if amazon is anything to go by (and it usually is). I'd say the past 2 weeks the XB1 was actually struggling. With no new releases to push sales for the XB1 and Bloodborne selling PS4s the XB1 dropped pretty badly on the charts. The deals you see now are probably to try and combat that drop.
Heh the Asda deals must be local - the website still lists the bare console at £399.99. I bet that sells like hot cakes.
JVM's software data.
iirc in January last year, there was a quote that PS4 outsold the Xbox One by 3:2, Xbox has maintained that ratio throughout, and JVM posted software sales this year that suggests it's just as close as it has been from the start.
I can't wait 'til Microsoft 'jumps ahead' to the next gen in....2018 ?
With the deals for the XBone that retailers were pushing over Easter it wouldn't surprise me if it had been outselling the PS4 in that time and that was what actually drove MS to say "fuck it lets just drop to £299 anyways".
While Sony had some good bundle deals, I think casuals would be more likely to pick up an XBone for nearly £100 cheaper with known brands (Halo/FIFA) than The Order/Bloodborne.
The ASDA website has been garbage for video games ever since they removed ASDA direct and mixed it in with groceries.
https://twitter.com/asda/status/583977253937127424
ends april 16th, seems to be available in all stores by the sounds of it.
you've been able to get XO's for £200-£230?
I find it amazing how affordable this gen has been so soon!
Yes but there was a big push at Easter with these games at retailers that won't have had these deals on since Xmas at the likes of Tesco and Argos not just GameStop or some lesser known Internet site. And Easter is generally a mini Xmas for spending on kids.
But what were Amazons deals like compared to say Halo/FIFA/£10 credit for £280 at Tesco?
I'm not sure Amazon is a great estimate for the whole market TBH. There was a shit tonne of XBones being sold at Tesco over Easter because of the above deal. Biggest I've seen consoles moving since Xmas. And far more than PS4. But that was one store and anecdotal. However I'd be shocked if that wasn't the case on a bigger scale. It was a great and well advertised deal.
Talking off the PS4s RRP. So £250-£280.
I think you're over thinking things just a tad.LOL I always find the Great deal, your move now Sony posts funny.
They always exist inside a bubble where they ignore the fact Sony are outselling them 2:1 and have no reason to drop the price yet and instead make it seem like Microsoft have been holding back their true power and have now decided to unleash the beast and put Sony down for good. I can imagine the people posting them reacting to the news like someone at a fighting even seeing a flurry of attacks into a knockout victory, wincing and left speechless at the sheer brutality of the attacks on display with nothing but admiration for Microsoft.
I also find it funny how the argument changes depending on the day, from making Microsoft come across as a glorious behemoth with its infinite war chest able to out buy god or instead the plucky underdog who has managed to impossible task of toppling the evil rule of Sony. Quite the feat really.